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Manager Ange Postecoglou

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What I don’t get is when behind and it’s obvious the inverted fullback isn’t working like yesterday, why doesn’t he bring on a midfielder to play in that position? They’d be more attacking while also keeping the shape. We’d lose defensively but that didn’t seem to matter yesterday anyway because we seemed to only be defending with two men anyway.
Exactly ! Why not just fucking play a midfielder there and use Sarr to provide cover say at rb. As it is both the FBs are nowhere to be seen when the oppo have the ball out wide. They always have to run from infield to wide area playing catch up. If they are in those wide areas in the first place then oppo don’t have space to play the ball there and out FBs don’t have to expend energy having to sprint out wide to close down.
 
He’d help with the press however and I’m far from a Gallagher fan.
mate we are not winning shit with just pressing. Sticking Gallagher in as another set of lungs on legs won't do anything. We need to start adding footballers (the real James Maddison) along with fit Bentancur are all we have. That Swedish kid looks a prospect, it's footballers we lack Olise Eze Rooney not slightly better Hojbjerg imho.
 
mate we are not winning shit with just pressing. Sticking Gallagher in as another set of lungs on legs won't do anything. We need to start adding footballers (the real James Maddison) along with fit Bentancur are all we have. That Swedish kid looks a prospect, it's footballers we lack Olise Eze Rooney not slightly better Hojbjerg imho.
Spot on! I will despair if spend any big money on CG when we need a FB and attacking magician. What we also need to really promote some of the top academy players. Always think having some academy players in the team helps with the passion in the team.
 
Quite simply, if Bissouma hadn't been lazy and actually tracked his man for the 2nd goal, we'd likely go on and won the game.

We are almost exclusively let down by individuals rather than tactics.

Bissouma doesn't have the workrate required for a high risk style game and he doesn't think quickly enough.

Any more performances like this and I can see the dressing you finger pointing picking up.
I noticed a few times Bissouma just looked like he couldn’t be bothered , what was that all about?
 
Maybe but I did say United were on a roll. Some/many shot it down.

Next week Chelsea win, then it's all set for the end of the world!!

We will hit a good spell soon enough, but United were always going to come charging.
A roll of sorts. They were second best for most od the games against Villa and Luton out still jammed their way to a 1-2 win in both. A nice gimme at home to the Spammers and a 3-4 last second winner at Wolves.

A goal difference of +1 for the season after 25 games is fairly reflective of what they are at.
 
GThis is like manna from heaven for some people.

We are going through a poor spell and struggling for a clear identity but instead of people taking stock and looking at the bigger picture, the parasites are smelling a carcass.

Postecoglpu has been what we need and whilst some teams with lesser resources have looked more cohesive at times, it's salso important to take a wide gaze.

It just feels that some posters want to be able to bemoan the state of the club, without any real idea of what being content would look like.

What a way to support a club.

Wow strong word, who are you talking about in particular? :gallashmm:
 
I shudder to think where we'd be in the league right now if we'd also had European football and domestic cup runs to contend with
You don’t shudder to think , you probably get excited by how shit we could be and end up like this
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